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We have a new set of proposals for changes to UK motoring law in the press yesterday, prominently around eyesight for the elderly, and a slightly lower drink driving limit. It is actually more comprehensive than that, and is being framed by the Government as a “Road Safety Strategy”. This piece is some initial reflections – a “quick take”, so not as heavily referenced as I would like. The Starmer Government have been talking about different issues in a piecemeal…

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The cost of living was a major factor in the shellacking the Tories received last year and it hasn’t gone away. TSE

Looking at this market from Star Sports I am not sure there’s any value in this market but people may disagree with that. TSE

Only monsters would oppose efforts to tackle child poverty so the framing by Gordon Brown means the government will end up implementing. This means the returns on betting will be diminished, this is a sad day not just for political betting but hard working punters all over the UK. May I humbly suggest to the government that they tax something else to combat child poverty such as an extra penny or two on the fuel duty, the fact I am…

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I still maintain Nigel Farage is a lay in this market as this market is not the Prime Minister after the general election market. I wonder if there could be value in backing Andy Burnham now since there is talk about him returning to Westminster, he polls well with the public, better than Rayner, Streeting, and Starmer do. As for the price on Rupert Lowe, I cannot think why his implied chance is at 5% rather than 0.0005% chance it…

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The best thing Coldplay have ever done is their recent exposing of a cheating couple at one of the concerts which leads to this recent finding from MoreInCommon. What is it about Reform & Green voters that makes them both cheaters and cheated upon? I think the stigma around being a cheater has changed, over twenty years ago my mother was scandalised when she found out that I had been named co-respondent in two divorce proceedings before my 26th birthday…

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This is no criticism of YouGov but more a coment on the irrelevance of Kemi Badenoch as YouGov didn’t feel the need to poll these questions about Kemi Badenoch. TSE

As the grandson of humble immigrants to this country my grandfather never quite got his head around the obsession people in this country had with this class despite him automatically becoming a member of the middle class due to him being a doctor. I never have quite understood class in this country either, I mean how on earth is Posh Spice classed as Posh? We saw with David Cameron, being a posho isn’t really a hindrance to winning general elections….

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